Sarita Shrestha

Sarita Shrestha
Born (1957-07-07) July 7, 1957
Lalitpur, Nepal
Occupation Ayurvedic physician, OBGYN, Professor, Founder and Medical Director of the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Sipadol, Nepal.
Nationality Nepali
Genre Ayurveda, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Yoga
Website
www.saritashrestha.org

Sarita Shrestha MD(Ayur), OBGYN, BAMS, is an Ayurvedic physician, professor, writer, founder and medical director of the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal. Shrestha is considered one of the foremost experts on the subject of Ayurveda in the United States and the authority in Ayurvedic women's healthcare.[1][2] She is Nepal's first female Ayurvedic physician.[3] and its first Ayurvedic OB/GYN.[4] She is widely regarded as the “Mother of Ayurveda” in the West.[5][6][7]

Biography

Education

Shrestha received a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S.) from the Jiwaji University, (Gwalior, India), a Certificate of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery (CAMS) from the Tribhuvan University, (Kathmandu, Nepal) and in 1993 received a Medical Doctor in Ayurveda from the Benares Hindu University (Varanasi, India). She has also received a Diploma Yoga Therapy from the Vivekananda Kendra, (Bangalore, India), and a Diploma Acupuncture (DAc.) from the Alternative Medicine Center, (Colombo, Sri Lanka).[8]

Professional Experience

Shrestha has been practicing medicine in Nepal for more than 20 years.[9] She teaches internationally and in 2000 started teaching Ayurveda throughout the United States.[10] She has received awards from His Majesty the King of Nepal.[11] She is currently the only Ayurvedic OB/GYN and only female Ayurvedic physician teaching in the United States.[12][13] She is also a regular contributing lecturer at the National Ayurvedic Medical Association annual conferences. Shrestha sits on the faculty of the Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda in Watsonville, California,[14] as well as the Rocky Mountain Institute for Ayurveda and Yoga in Boulder, Colorado, where she teaches annually.[15] She also teaches at The Sacred Window School for Maternal and Newborn Health in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[16] and Vedika Global School in Emeryville, California.[17] She is also a visiting Associate Professor for the Ayurveda Campus, (Naradevi, Kathmandu)[18] and a visiting Consultant for the Sri Ram Orphanage, (Haridwar, India). Previously Shrestha has worked as a Program and Planning Co-ordinator for the World Health Organisation.[19]

In 2002 she founded the Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital in Bhaktapur, Nepal, outside of Kathmandu, Nepal where she volunteers her time providing free to low-cost healthcare for primarily rural Nepalese women.[20]

Literature

Shrestha is featured in the book In Search of Medicine Buddha by David Crow[21] and contributed recipes to the book Touching Heaven - Tonic and Delicious Postpartum Recipes from Ayurveda by Ysha Oakes.[22]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Interview with Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Sarita Shrestha". Yoga Chicago.
  2. ↑ "Dr. Sarita Shrestha". BKS Iyengar Yoga North County.
  3. ↑ "Ayur-Info 3rd Issue - Interview with Dr. Sarita Shrestha". Ayurnepal.
  4. ↑ "Articles by Dr. Sarita Shrestha". Vedic Society.
  5. ↑ "Healers divulge their favorite natural cures". MSNBC.com.
  6. ↑ "A Special Stork From Nepal". MetroActive.
  7. ↑ Hannah Wallace, Prevention Magazine, World's Best Natural Cures, Nov. 2007, Google books
  8. ↑ "Interview with Dr. Sarita Shrestha". Ayurnepal.
  9. ↑ "A Special Stork From Nepal". MetroActive.
  10. ↑ "A Special Stork From Nepal". MetroActive.
  11. ↑ "Dr Sarita Shrestha MD (AY)". Ayurveda Health.
  12. ↑ "Interview with Ayurvedic Physician Dr. Sarita Shrestha". Yoga Chicago Magazine.
  13. ↑ "A Special Stork From Nepal". MetroActive.
  14. ↑ "Mount Madonna Institute Faculty". Mount Madonna Institute.
  15. ↑ "Rocky Mountain Institute for Ayurveda and Yoga Faculty Bios". Rocky Mountain Institute.
  16. ↑ "Our Team". Sacred Window School.
  17. ↑ "Vedika Global Faculty". Vedika Global.
  18. ↑ "Dr Sarita Shrestha MD (AY)". Ayurveda Health.
  19. ↑ "Dr Sarita Shrestha MD (AY)". Ayurveda Health.
  20. ↑ "Homepage Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital". Devi Ma Kunja Ayurvedic Hospital.
  21. ↑ In search of the medicine Buddha. Google Books.
  22. ↑ Oakes, Ysha (2009). Touching Heaven - Tonic and Delicious Postpartum Recipes from Ayurveda. Albuquerque, NM: Sacred Window Ayurveda for Mothers and Children. line feed character in |title= at position 20 (help)

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